” … The peer, who ran the civil service before effectively being replaced by Heywood, accused ministers of double standards in trying to hold back information while they leak. The peer, who ran the civil service before effectively being replaced by Heywood, accused ministers of double standards in trying to hold back information while they leak other material to the media.
“The default is to conceal, to hold things back,” he said. “We have, in my view, a yawning gap between the governing and the governed in this country. The only way we can restore the trust is to become more accountable, not less. Anything which seems to restrict that accountability is a false move.”
Kerslake also highlighted the government’s £150m annual bill for communications compared with the £6m outlay on responding to FoI requests. …”
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